Seal for boxes.



No. 822,577. PATENTED JUNE 5, 1.906.

E. J. BROOKS. SEAL FOR BOXES.

APPLICATION FILED OCT. 18. I905.

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Be it known that I, E'DVVARD J. BROOKS, a citizen of the United States of America, and a resident of East Oran e, in the State of New Jersey,-have invente a new and useful'lmrovement in Seals for Boxes, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to devices for sealing wooden boxes used as packingcases for shipping goods.

. lt consists in a novel combination of parts, hereinafter set forth and claimed, whereby a box may be strapped and sealed at one or more points between its ends, or preferably at'eaoh end, morereadily and more securely than heretofore.

'A sheet of drawings "accompanies this specification as part thereof.

Figures 1 and 2 are respectively a face view and an edge view of the principal parts of the improved sealing device as united at the factory. Figs. 3, 4, and 5 are perspective views of different forms of nails that are o'r'may be used to complete and fasten the seal. ig. 6 is a perspective view of one corner of a wooden box, showing the strap an'd's eal part of one of the improved seals applied in a preferredway and ready to be fasten'ed; Fig. 7is'a perspective view of the same box-corner, showing the seal fastened; and Fig. 8 represents a section on the line A B,

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Like reference characters indicate like parts in all the figures- The improved sealing, device or seal is composed of a sheet-metal box-strap a of sufficient-length, a sheet-1netal seal part I), through which said box-strap is threaded, and a suitable nail c or c or 0 adapted to be driven through. the sheet metal of the seal part b and both strap ends 1 and 2, as in Figs. 7 and 8, to complete and fasten the seal.

The box-stra a may be of any suitable sheet metal an is provided with a pair of embossed stops 3 and 4:, between which the seal part b is inseparably held in place on the strap, so that the seal part may be grasped in the hand as means for pulling the strap and tightening the same upon the box and so that the two parts a and I) may be handled as one in shipping them from the factory and in carrying them for use. The strap a is conveniently provided at the same time Witha serial number and any desired letterinsr. "either or both, in embossed characters,

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed October 18,1905. Serial Nm 283.275,

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The seal part a is preferably and conven- .iently of the construction set forth in my specification, forming part of United States .Letters Patent .No. 734,807, dated July 28, 1903, or the construction set forth in my specification forming part of United States Letters lhrtent No. 750,020, dated January 19, 1904, and is characterized by a hollow sheet-metal body provided with a pair of diametrically opposite holes 5 and 6 in its edges, adapted to accommodate two thicknesses of the strap, and by a central inden- 'tation 7' in the face of the seal part.

The nail is preferably of the non-withdrawable" spear-nail construction. (Repre sented by Fig. 3.) in this form the nail c is made of flat metal and is twisted so that in the act of driving it it turns about one-third a circle, going into the wood as a screw would drive. The ratchet PIOJOUUUHS S,

which distinguish the spear-nails, are formed on the edges of the nail'in this species and interlock with the wood in a very effective obviouslybeused in connection with the combined box-strap a and seal part b, so asto form a suflicientl secure fastenin for some o purposes.

The box. represented in Figs. 6, 7, and 8 has its cover (if provided with a saw-kerf amtending into the edge a sufficient distance to admit the box-strap a edgewise and'is furtl-ier provided with a corner-rccess l0, perpendicular to the top of the cover and extending in ward to the plane of thesaw-kerf to accommodate the seal part b. cover a and both ends of the bottom of the box may obviously be kerfed in like manner.

In completing and fastening the seal the box-strap a is passed around the box, one end 1 being held by the seal part 7) fast there on. The other end 2 is drawn into the sawkerf 9 and threaded through the seal part I), and the strap a is then drawn taut with the seal part 1) within the recess 10 within .the box-cover, as shown in Fig. 6. The nail i: or c or c and preferably the flat metal spearnail c, Fig. 3, is then brought into use, its sharp point being centered by the central indcntation 7 in the front of the seal part I), and

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it is driven through the sheet metal of the seal part b and both shackle ends 1 and 2 and into the Wood of the box, so as to be securely anchored, as in Figs. 7 and 8. Supplemental nails may then or previously be driven through the strap a. into the Wood of the box, so as to more securely unite the parts. As these supplemental nails are driven through the strap burs l l are formed on the strap and driven into the wood, as shown in Fig. 8, and it is consequentlv impossible to remove the strap from the sawkerfs 9 in the ends of the cover and bottom after the supplemental nails are withdrawn Without so marring the box as to insure detection.

For still greater secu'rit sp war-nails -c or 0 may be used instead of ordinar nails j throughout or may be driven through the strap a and into the Wood of the. box between the ordinary nails 6 at a sutlicient number of points to prevent the removal of any part of the box Without such mutilation. as will insure detection.

It will be obvious that the seal part may be made of any suitable sheet metal, so as to have the characteristics above set forth in any knownor approved manner, and other like modifications Will suggest themselves to those skilled in the art.

Having thus described said improvement, I claim as my invention and desire to patent under this specification- 1. A seal, for Wooden boxes, composed of a sheet-metal box-strap provided with a pair of stops near one end, a hollow. sheet-metal seal part having diametrically opposite holes in its edges through which said strap extends and held in place on said strap by: said stops, the other end of said strap being adapted to be threaded through the same holes,

and'a nail adapted to be driven through the sheet metal of said seal part and both strap ends and into the WOOd. of the box to con1- plete and fasten the seal.

2. A seal, for Wooden boxes, composed of a sheet-metal box-strap provided with a pair of stops near one end, a hollow sheet-metal seal part having a central indentation in its face and diametrically opposite holes in its ed through which said strap extends and held in place on said strap by said stops, the other end of said strap being adapted to be threaded through the same holes, and a nail adapted to be centered by said indentation and to be driven throughthe sheet metal of said seal part and both strap ends and into the Wood of the box to complete and fasten the seal.

3. A seal, for wooden boxes, composed of a sheet-metal boxstrap provided with a pair of stops near one end, a hollow sheet-metal seal pert having diamemimrllv opposite holes in its edges through which said strap eX- tends and held in place on said strap'by said stops, tl: e other end of said strap being adapted to be threaded through the same holes, and a spear-nail having ratchet projections to interlock with the Wood of the boX and adapted to be driven through the sheet metal of said seal part and both strap ends and into the wood of the box to complete and fasten the seal.

4. A seal, for wooden boxes, composed of a sheet-metal box-strap prowided with a pair of stops near one end, a hollow sheet-metal seal parthaving diametrically opposite holes in its edges through which said strap extends and. held in place on said strap by said, stops, the other end of said strap being ada t ed to be threaded through. the same ho es, and a spear-nail having a flat twisted shank provided with ratchet projections at its edges to interlock with the Wood of the boX and adapted to be driven through the sheet metal of said seal part and both stra ends and into the Wood of the box to comp etc and fasten the seal, substantially as hereinbefore speci- EDWARD J. BROOKS.

Witnesses:

ELLEN J. BROOKS, lflmnon BnooKs. 

